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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-7-14
pubmed:abstractText
The present study was designed to quantify the level of the soluble form of ICAM-1 (sICAM-1) produced by mononuclear cells (MNC) of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients, and to correlate these levels with the disease activity and with the amounts of cytokines or rheumatoid factors (RF) produced by MNC. Unstimulated synovial fluid (SF) MNC produced higher amounts of sICAM-1 than peripheral blood (PB) MNC in RA patients (P < 0.01). sICAM-1 production by PHA-stimulated MNC was higher in RA SF MNC than RA or normal PB MNC (P < 0.01). The amounts of SICAM-1 produced correlated with the amounts of soluble IL-2 receptor produced (P < 0.02) but not with IL-1B or the Lansbury activity index in RA PB MNC. sICAM-1 correlated with the amounts of soluble CD23 and IL-4 produced by normal PB MNC (P < 0.01). The amounts of sICAM-1 correlated with IgG-RF (P < 0.02) and IgM-RF (P < 0.01) produced by unstimulated MNC obtained from the bone marrow (BM) of RA patients. ICAM-1 expression of T-lymphocyte subsets, B lymphocytes, and monocytes obtained from RA PB and RA BM assayed by two-color flow cytometry ranged from 0.1 to 6%, which was not appreciably different from that of normal controls. The monocyte fraction of RA PB MNC produced significantly higher amounts of sICAM-1 than lymphocyte fraction. These results suggest that sICAM-1 produced by MNC may be a marker of cell activation in T and B lymphocytes, in contrast to the transient increase of ICAM-1 expression.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0360-3997
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
18
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
23-34
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
Production of soluble ICAM-1 by mononuclear cells from patients with rheumatoid arthritis patients.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Clinical Immunology, Kyushu University, Beppu, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article